CVE-2018-1336 Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service
Severity: Important
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.30
Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51
Apache Tomcat 7.0.28 to 7.0.86
Description:
An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with
supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the
decoder causing a Denial of Service.
Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.7 or later.
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.5.32 or later.
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.0.52 or later.
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 7.0.90 or later.
History:
2018-07-22 Original advisory
References:
[1] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html